Christian recording artist Forrest Frank revealed over the weekend that he suffered a serious back injury while skateboarding ...

An 82-year-old retired army officer from Pune, who was bedridden for a year due to severe pain in his back, was given a new ...

The surgery was successful and the patient began recovering immediately. He could stand up and walk with assistance the day ...

Jason Cuellar, MD, PhD, had the unique opportunity to develop and execute a multi-level disc replacement with his patient, endoscopic spine surgeon Scott Adelman, MD. Dr. Adelman suffered lower back ...

In October 2024, Dr. Cuéllar performed a three-level lumbar artificial disc replacement (ADR) using the ProDisc system. The procedure involved disc arthroplasty at the L3-4, L4-5, and L5-S1 levels.

Studies of spine mechanics have shown that the lumbar region experiences higher tensile and shear deformations compared to other regions which increase the probability of disc injury. Hence, studies ...

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: T2-weighted MRI of the Lumbar Spine. (Left) Mid-sagittal view; (Right Top) Axial scan at the L3 level; (Right Bottom) Axial scan at the L3-L4 disk level. Note the severe ...